Benjamin Franklin Seale Family Bible Record
In cleaning out a desk, we have discovered an old Bible which seems to have belonged to Benjamin Franklin Seale and Martha Margaret Barrow.The Bible included Psalms and the New Testament and was published in New York by the American Bible Society in the year 1851.Because the family record is not complete, I do not believe it was entered by a descendant, but rather by Benjamin or Martha.
"Family Record:Benjamin Frankling Seale Was borned in the year of Our lord 1834 April the 2.Martha Margaret Seale his wife was borned in the year of Our lord 1841 January the 17. Elisha Zadok Seale his son was bornd in the year of our lord 1860 october the 13.William Benjamin Seale his son was borned in the year of our lord 1862 June 21.Joshua Daniel Seale his son Was borned in the year of our lord 1864 May the 1."
Of the children mentioned, only Joshua Daniel Seale survived to adulthood.The entries stopped about the time the first two children died.